Kolkata: The die-hard fans of Indian Premier League winner Kolkata Knight Riders clambered over police barricades to gain entry into the Eden Gardens for the team’s felicitation ceremony.
Though entry was made free, passes distributed were far less. This resulted in utter chaos with KKR followers breaking through the barriers and running wildly through them, bypassing the police cover to clinch a seat in the stadium. Several women and children were injured or left behind in the rush.
The police had to resort to a mild cane charge to control the crowd as mounted personnel and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) struggled to control the commotion.
Thousands of people including women and children waited for long to get entry, as the clock inched past the scheduled start of 1 pm.
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